Bear Lake 2010

For those of you who don't know my Clark family very well you need to understand something. Clarks and Glovers do not spend much money. Let alone on leisure. This year we decided to spend our reunion time at Bear Lake instead of my mom's house for the Payson Onion Day celebration over Labor Day. We used to all squeeze into my Mom's house (some of us would sleep in tents in the backyard these past few years) because we are all married and have a lot of people there. We would go to the parade, booths and enjoy our hometown celebration. It has always been a fun tradition.

This year we branched out A LOT and sprung for a rental house right by the lake. We had a seven bedrooom/three bath/huge kitchen/enormous deck/ping pong room house for 3 nights. The huge yard had a trampoline, fire pit and a gorgeous view of the lake. I have loved the labor day celebration and camping traditions but who am I foolin'? This was waaaaayyyy better. We all had our own bedrooms for privacy and a huge kitchen so we could all cook together. I'm pretty sure we'll never go back to our old get together. My mom kept prompting the grand kids with questions like this, "Do you like this house? Do you like the lake? Do you think we should come back here next year? Do you think we should stay here longer next year?"
Do you think she liked it? Your secret's out Grandma Clark!


Our kids wasted no time breaking in the trampoline. Uncle Patrick sure enjoyed springing the children's tooshies from underneath.

Patrick and Sara picked the Theme "Battle of the Sexes". Here we are playing the game of the same name. I'm pretty sure you can imagine how much laughing and competition was stuffed into this kitchen. We didn't get to finish the game so it is still undecided if Men or Women rule.

Jeff and Morgan are channeling their inner-woman.

We had a great night at the fire pit with singing and popcorn. Well, the popcorn wasn't that great but it was sure fun trying to get it to pop without starting on fire.

Here we are all enjoying the movie "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". You should've heard Grandpa chuckling.

Our kids couldn't wait to get to the lake. They quickly realized the lake was too shallow and would not be good for fishing. They enjoyed playing in the sand for a few hours before bed time though.

We have been working with Caleb in physical therapy for a few months and who would've known that mini M&Ms were the trick to help him pull to stand.

Throwing blocks off the deck to Uncle Patrick was a great motivator too.

Grandma brought the funnest crafts for the kids. She got more than she bargained for in Kyle though. That kid is turning into such an artist and the bead animal crafts kept him (and Grandma) very occupied.

This is the view from the Deck. AAAAAHHHHhhhhhhhhhh

Uncle Morgan brought plenty of yard games and our boys were in heaven. Josh loved the game until the last day when we were playing in the wind. He was so frustrated that the birdie was UN-controllable. Where do these boys get there competitiveness? (One guess is the stud in the orange shirt!)

I'll work on posting the pictures from our lake day later. I've had enough for now.